Towing question : 11.2ft car on a 13.1ft trailer

[Wish]

Evening.

Question. Will a 13.1ft trailer tow an 11.2ft car and be stable or should I use a larger trailer with a long bed for better stability ?

Weights are well within, I'm just comcerned I've not got enough bed length to keep it stable

[rallycross]

Yes should be fine as normal keep plenty of weight to the front, so its over the cars rear axle for stability (have towed with a car that was longer than the trailer it was on a couple of times, as long as the weight is over the front it should be stable.

[Wish]

Thanks for the advise.

The car I'm towing is a Ford Model T which has 85 % of it weight at the front. I was wondering if a larger 14.9ft trailer was used I could keep the weight effecting the down weight and balance better over the twin axel as I could move it back slightly ?

Tow vehicle is an evoque

[grimmac]

Wouldn't necessarily say that it "should be fine".... there are a number of unknown variables that will determine this.

(overall) weights you say are fine... noseweight is 150kg for evoque, although this may be reduced depending on towbar fitted (detatchable? (75kg))

Without actually knowing the noseweight of the trailer before you hitch it up to the car, it is hard to say for sure.

You could fill in the dimensions and weights on the following calculator or do it for real if you have the car / trailer / noseweight gauge.

http://www.engineersedge.com/calculators/trailer-w...

Plucking some numbers out the air, I got a noseweight of 200kg, although this varies dramatically depending on distance of trailer axle from hitch, and obviously placement of car on trailer bed.

I'd do some more sums... or take the larger twin axle trailer if you have access to both.

[Wish]

Many thanks


Larger trailer it is ....

[TooMany2cvs]

Wish said:

The car I'm towing is a Ford Model T which has 85 % of it weight at the front.

Oof. That's going to be fun getting the noseweight right.

Wish said:

Tow vehicle is an evoque

Quick google says 150kg noseweight, so not as bad as if it was only 50kg, but you might still need some thing as ballast at the back of the trailer...

[Willy Nilly]

The weight needs to be over the wheels of the trailer, not bias toward the drawbar.

[mattydoh]

I wouldn't worry too much about it if it's a decent (if small) trailer. I tow a 3.7m Peugeot 205 on a 3m load length Brian James' trailer, behind a Mk1 Octavia VRS.

As the Pug is also nose heavy (Stripped track car, back wheels are only there to stop it falling over) I normally put it as far back on the trailer as I can and spares chucked in the back of the Peugeot and it tows fine.

[R0G]

Do have a B+E licence?

[Wish]

Yes. I've just hit my 40's ..... Licensed to drive everything.

Collect the new trailer next week.

Brian james 126-2323 c4